Baroness Amos speaks at NIIA today
LEADER of the British House of Lords, Baroness Valerie Amos, will today be the Guest Speaker at the Oxford and Cambridge Spring Lecture in Lagos.
Baroness Amos, according to a press release by Graeme Bannatyne, press and public affairs, British High Commission, Abuja will deliver a speech entitled “The Case for Helping Africa”.
The Oxford and Cambridge Spring Lecture is scheduled to begin by 1pm at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, the statement added.Baroness Valerie Amos was appointed Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council in October 2003. In addition to her duties as Leader of the House and Lord President she also acts as spokesperson on international development issues for the government in the House of Lords.
Baroness Amos has previously been appointed Secretary of State for International Development in May 2003, becoming the first black female member of a British Cabinet. She has also been Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, a position she held between June 2001 with responsibility for Africa, the Commonwealth, the Caribbean, Britain’s Overseas Territories, Consular Affairs and Personnel Issues.
Baroness Amos will be the first woman to be invited to be guest lecturer at the Oxford and Cambridge Spring Lecture.
Oxford and Cambridge Club of Nigeria was established in 1985 by a group of Nigerian alumni from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the UK.